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1. S. WINGET.

CIGAR BUNCHING MACHlNE.

APFLlUAIIUN l-lLtU MAR. 20, 1919. 1,321,692.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

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J. S. WINGET.

clGAR BUNCHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20. |919.

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CIGAR BUNCHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 20. 19u-9.

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Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

JASPER STANLEY WINGET, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-BUNCI-IING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Application led March 20, 1919. Serial No. 283,928.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JASPER STANLEY WIN- GET, acitizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of Yorkand Sta-te of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cigar-Bunching Machines, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in cigar bunching machines, andis of the handoperated type in which there is a bed plate, an apronadapted to be formed into substantially a U-shape fold in a pocketreceiving space to receive the bunch to be rolled, and a roll carryingmechanism which rolls the bunch in the loop or pocket as it is movedacross the face of the bed-plate.

The object of my invention is to provide this type of machine with meansfor taking up or tightening the apron as it moves across the bed-platefor the purpose of reducing the size of the apron pocket as the bunch isbeing compressed, un'til it has reached 'ts proper size. ,1

Other objects of my present invention will appear from the followingdescription.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a vertical centrallongitudinal sectional view, on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my improved machine.

Fig. 3 is a disassembled perspective view of the parts which comprise mypresent takeup or tightening improvement.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a modification in the constructionof the tightening or take-up device.

In carrying out my invention, the machine is provided with a rectangularbaseframe 1, which is adapted to be secured to any suitable support ortable 2.

A bed-plate 3 is supported in an elevated position by the standard 4, atits rear end which projects upward and inward at a slight angle, and twoupwardly projecting arms 5, which project upwardly from two arms 6,which project downwardly from the base-frame 1, and the arms 6, 5 and Iare preferably integral with the bed-plate 3 and baseframe 1. Projectingdownwardly from the opposite or rear end of the .baseframe 1, are twostandards 7, between which is pivoted a swinging frame 8 at the point 9.A roller 10 is j ournaled betweenA the upper ends 11 of the frame 8 andin a plane above the bed-plate 3. Projecting from one of the upper ends11, of the frame 8, is a handle 12, for swinging the frame 8 back andforth.

An apron 13 has its rear end 14 attached to the upper end of the arm 4,and its front end 15 is attached to a roller 16, which is ljournaledbetween two arms 17, which project upwardly from the front end of thebase-frame 1. This roller 16 has at one end a ratchet wheel 18, which isadapted to engage a suitable pin or stop 19, projecting from theadjacent arm 17, while the opposite end of the roller 16 projects andcarries a spring 2O between a nut 21 and the arm 17, which serves tohold the ratchet 18 normally in engagement with the stop 19. By thisarrangement the apron 13 can be tightened or loosened according to thesize of the bunchto be rolled.

As is understood by those skilled in this art, in this type of machinethe apron 13 eX- tends down into a loop or pocket, as shown in dottedlines 22', and that filler to be formed into a bunch is placed in thispocket. This pocket is formed in what may be termed a pocket formingspace 28, between the front end 24 of the bedplate 3 and the front endof the base-frame 1. The bunch is then rolled in the ordinary machine ofthis type by swinging the frame 8 from the position shown in dottedlilies at the front end of the machine to the position shown in dottedlines at the rear end of the machine, the bunch 25 being rolled in theloop or pocket of the `apron as the frame 8 with its roller 10 is swungover the bed-plate, and when the swing of the frame is completed, therolled bunch will fall out of the pocket as shown at 26, and may becaught in the hand or any' desired receptacle.

I/Vhen a machine of this type is being used for putting on the wrapperas well as for rolling the bunch, the wrapper or binder is laid on theapron diagonally across it with one end well down in the pocket. Theloose iiller is then placed in the pocket and as the frame 8 is swung,as just described, the loose filler or bunch is rolled with the bindertherearound in the manner just described.

My present improvement is to provide an automatic tightening or take-upmechanism for the apron, whereby it is shortened for a predetermineddistance during the rolling and compressing the filler or bunch toreduce' the size of thel apron pocket or loop n corresponding tothereduced size of the ller or bunch as it is rolled and compressed. I willnowV describe this improved tightening or take-up mechanism.

MyV improved take-up mechanism comprises a 'Ufshaped frame or member A,which comprises two end arms 27, and a bar or connecting arm 28, whichare jour# naledfon the roller 16 adjacent the two arms 17, which projectupwardly fromthe base frame l". The-connecting arm 28 of this U-shapedframe is under the apron 13 and this frame is swung in an outwarddirection to-tighten the apron asthe frame 8 is swung over' theVbed-plate 3, by the following -mechanism Preferably, two bell-crankshaped levers B are pivoted to the inner sides of the downwardlyprojectingarms 6 at the points 29. The upwardly projecting arms, 3,0 ofthese bell-crank levers B are connected with the lower ends of the arms27 of the U-shaped trame A by links 312,` which have their outer endspivoted to the lower ends of the' arms 27 at 32, and their inner endspivoted to the arms SO-of the bell-crank leversI at the points 33. Theother ends Set ofI the bell crank levers are provided with slotted armsPassing through the slots 36 of the arms 35 and into the side arms ofthe frame 8, are suitable pins 37 around which preferably are placedloose sleeves 88. These slots 86 are formed for la part of their lengtheccentric tothe pivotal points 9ct the frame 8, so thatV as the frameSis moved-from thefront to the rear end of' the machine, the bell-cranklevers Bare moved from the position shown 4in dottedlines Ifig. 1, tothe position shown in solid lines, thus swinging the arms 30 inwardandgtilting the U-sh'aped frame A voutward to? the .position shown inFig. l,

and draw-ingthe apron in thatsanie direction, "thus Vtightening it andreducing the size of ,theY bunch containing loop 01E the apron as thebunch is being rolled and compressed, as will be readily understood. Iam aware that it is not new to provide a take-up or tightening devicefor the apron of ay cigar bunch rolling machine, but' I do not know of'any that are constructed like mine, or that operate in the same way.

While yI have shown two bell-crank levers B, I desire it to beunderstoodthai-J a single bell-crank lever could be used for tighteningvthe;Ushaped frame A, if made sufficiently strong to prevent it fromtwisting when operated from onek end only. By using two of thebell-'crank levers, as here shown, the parts can be made lighter,because the tilt 'and tightening strain on the U-shaped frame A will bethe same at each end and have no tendency to twist the frame.

In Fig. 4, Iv show a modiiicationy of my take-up device, in that theslots in the arms 35 are made zigzag in shape, as shown at Bti/,by meansof which the U-shaped frame 28 is given'a vibrating motion as the roller10 is passing over the bed-plate. This form of slot will impart to thebunch being rolled the hand roller effect, if such e'ect is desired.However, a more uniform eifect is obtained by the straight slot, butwhen desired the hand-made efect can be obtained by the zigzag slotwhich gives a variation in the pressure on the bunch being rolled likethe hand rolling, and produces substantially the same effect and result.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A cigarfbuuch rolling machine of the type described, comprising abed-plate, an apron, a swinging frame carrying a roller extending acrossthe bed plate for the purpose described, an apron pocket spaced at thefront end of the bed-plate, a swinging take-up member at the outer sideot' the pocket space, independent of the apron ends and engaging theapron-between its ends, *.1 bell crank lever having one end operativelyconnectedwith the swinging frame and its opposite end with the take-updevice whereby the swinging of the frame over the bedplate to roll thebunch automatically moves the take-up device in the opposite direction,for the purpose of tightening the apron.

2. A cigar bunch 'rolling machine coniprising a bed-plate, an aproncooperating therewith, a swinging frame having its free endvprovidedwith a roller projecting across the bed-plate and the apron, an apronpocket space at the front end of the bed plate, a U- shaped swingingtake-up frame located at `the outer side of the pocket space andengaging the under side of the apron between and its opposite endoperatively connected with the swinging frame, whereby the movement ofthe swinging frame to roll the bunch causes the U-shaped tighteningdevice to move in the opposite direction and tighten the apron bypushing it out between its ends.

3. A cigar bunch rolling machine, comprising a bedplate, an aproncoperating therewith, a swinging frame having one end pivoted below thebed-plate and its free end carrying a rollerabove the bed-plate, theends of the apron suitably attached, a U- shaped-swinging take-up devicelocated under and engaging the front end of the apron and at a pointinside of itsadj acent attached end, a bell crank lever having one endoperatively connected with the take-up device and slot whereby themovement of the frame to roll the bunch swings the take-up device in theopposite direction to tighten the apron.

4L. A cigar bunch rolling machine, comprising a bed-plate, an aproncooperating therewith, a swinging frame pivoted below the bed-plate andits free end extending above the bed-plate carrying a roller, a taleupdevice movable independently of the apron and pivoted and having oneswinging end engaging the under side of the apron adjacent its frontend, a bell-crank lever pivoted below the take-up device having one endconnected with the opposite swinging end of the take up device and itsopposite end provided with a slot arranged eccentrically to the pivotalpoint of the swinging frame, a stud projecting from the swinging frameand passing through the slot whereby the movement of the swinging frameto roll the bunch swings that part of the take-up device under the apronin the opposite direction, for the purpose described.

5. A cigar bunch rolling machine comprising a bed-plate, an aproncooperating therewith, a. swinging frame pivoted below the bed-platewith its free end extending above the bed-plate and carrying a roller,an apron pocket at the front end of the bedplate, a U-shaped takeupdevice having its ends intermediately pivoted with its longitudinalportion' under the apron near its front end, two bell-crank leverspivoted below the take-up device, the bell-crank levers having one oftheir ends connected respectively with the lower ends of the U-shapedtake-up device, the other ends of the bellcrank levers having slotseccentrically arranged to the pivotal point of the swinging frame andstuds projecting from the swinging frame into the slots whereby themovement of the swinging frame to roll the bunch swings the longitudinalportion of the taireup device in the opposite direction to tighten theapron.

6. A cigar bunch rolling machine, comprising a bed-plate, an aproncooperating therewith, a swinging take-up device operatively connectedwith the apron, a swinging frame pivoted below the bed-plate andcarrying a roller cooperating with the apron above the 'bed plate asdescribed, and an operating mechanism between the swinging frame and thetake-up device imparting to the latter an intermittent tightening andloosening action on the take-up device for the purpose described.

7. In a'construction such as set forth in claim l, the slot of thebell-crank having a zigzag formation for the purpose described.

8. A cigar bunch rolling machine comprising a 4bed-plate, an aproncooperating therewith, a swinging frame carrying a roller cooperatingwith the apron above the bed-plate, means arranged to take up the apronas the swinging frame roller coperates with the apron, and an operatingconnection between the take-up means and the swinging frame, saidoperating connection having a zigzag operating surface to impart to theapron an intermittent tightenin and loosening action for the purposedescrigbed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

JASPER STANLEY wrNGET.

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